On Thursday, April 17th, after twelve days of sailing from Valparaíso, the Esmeralda appeared on the horizon of Hanga Roa. It was the first landfall of its 69th Training Voyage, a six-month voyage across the Pacific Ocean that will take the ship to eight international ports. By Consuelo Martínez The
Ambassador of Japan in Chile “My primary goal is to demonstrate that the Japanese people are with you.” Mayor Pedro Edmunds Paoa and Japanese Ambassador Kazuhisa Shibuya inaugurated the Comprehensive Care Center in Rapa Nui. The center, funded by the Japanese government, operates in Mataveri and serves elderly and disabled
Te tātou ‘ōro’a he Tāpati Rapa Nui 2023 Mai te toru ki te ho’e ‘ahuru mā ho’e mahana o Hetu’u Pū The details of the next Tāpati 2023 after the Covid 19 By Camila Sandoval Photos by I. Municipalidad de Isla de Pascua This celebration, which values the cultural heritage
A North American Air Force base installed on Easter Island in the 1960s was part of a project of espionage on the Soviet Union from space. The journalist Patricia Stambuk clarifies all doubts with recently declassified documents from Washington: “Rapa Nui formed part of the larger scenario of the Cold
Honui The Rapanui Families Organize 2016 was the 50th anniversary of the government of Chile establishing civil administration on Rapa Nui, after leasing it for 47 years to a British multi-national livestock firm, followed by 13 years under the administration and jurisdiction of the Chilean Navy. This decision was taken
Island Entrepreneurs purify the Water In the past, Easter Islanders got their drinking water from the craters of the extinct volcanoes Rano Kau, Rano Raraku and Rano Aroi, as well as from the many subterranean caves that, even to the present day, hold an abundance of fresh water. Rainwater filters
